The changing phases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in Queensland: An overview of public health actions and epidemiology

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Appuhamy, Ranil D ^a   Beard, Frank H ^a   Phung, Hai N ^a   Selvey, Christine E ^a   Birrell, Frances A ^a   Culleton, Terry H ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949889978     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03427.x     Document Type: Review

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